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.sir-.r+w'• PARLIIIAVJENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. SATURDAY, MAY 28. The I met at one o'clock, to proceed in the farthcr bearing of the Competition of Brieves in the ,Roxburgh Appeal Case. The Hon. HENRY ERSKINE was heard in continuation for General Walter Ker. The LORD CHANCELLOR, iU order to give dispatch 'to this important cause, intimated his intention, Monday being the last day of Term, to meet on l'ut'sday and Wednesday, at. ten o'clock, to proceed further in it. Further hearing on Tuesday. Tt►e Bills un the Table were forwarded.—M joorned till MUnday. MAILS. A lig t v n t New- fork, r Dublin, 2 Waterford. Du Gotrenburgii, 3 Dublin, 1 W.itertOrd. U N. 60LIN1 QUIZ DICXXIC II ALSUI,I AUDIAT t LO N D - o A', 'MONDAY, MAY 30, 1808. Wu this morning received New York Papers to the 1211 i ult. ; they contain an immense mass of Docu- Merits relative to the points in discussion between thig Country-and ArneriCa, and also between France ana . America. These Documents are so very nu merous, that we 'can only give a part of. them.•-• BLIONA'PARTIt, it appears, has called upon the Atne- Governmentto take a decided part in the War bet-ween Great Britain and Frat,lce, and M. CaAJI 7AGNY, hr communicating- his Master's orders upon thi ! subj...%a to Mr. JEFFERSON, obseives, that there MI be very Me doubt that the American Gov ernmen t will dedare War against Great Britain ; but until its, determination upon that subjea was known, the French Ruler thought it necessary -to sequester the American Ships in the Ports of. France. We arc , unable from these Papers to form a decisive judg went of the line of conduel which the American Government will adept under these circumstances, but it is probable that by persevering in the Em barp, and intercliaing all commercial intercourse lA:twee:l America and the rest of the world, Mr. jiitiv,; (3o N may flatter himself with the hope of zvoidiog 3 War. at, propotiition was made by Mr. LitilFnatons, in the tianse of Itepresentatives, on the 18th of for the repeal of the Embargo, but it wds neotived by 34 to since writing the above, we have learnt that a Lt!ityr leas been received by a respeaable Mercantile lii.nse in the City, from ALusterdatn,dated the 24th states, that the KlN'a of SPAIN had resigned his Crown, and transferred all his rights to •titiuwArkwrz, 'A/Lc) ire!, in consequence, nartql MURAT King of Spain ; that Ctratuns the .. 4th ,tae detertnined tb pa4s the rest of his life in France ag a private individnal, and thtt the EttiNci3 of o ktroltins was not to return to Spain. Wu do not vouch for the truth of th;s statemerit ; we - only know that such a report was current at'4llll - terdyal. LIPOUTANT VT/Itches are expeaed every mo ment by Ministers ? -from our Fleet off Cadiz, tesP"(7:ting the situation of Spain, but nothing had anived when. this Paper was put to Press.--The lateit accounts from' Cadiz are dated the t4th inst. an,t they represent the Spanish, people as highly in eensd against the French, and anxious tO rise in vi T port of the independence of their country:. The E,!,,,•ecct and four other Vessels reached the . 'Downs Vriday ; they had some communication with our Crnizers of Cadiz, and brought letters (rem otir Squadrnn Elated the ttith. Tt is positively said, that the triinvorts from Gibraltar, having on board /10w 'troOps under the command ut General SPENCER, vre then v t :itli our Fleet; and one account says, thit t:w.se Transports were aettialif seen going into Ce.diz, at the earnest intreaty of the inhabitants. Many of the ancient Nobility of Spain have, it is , said, arranged d plan for a general rising in the fkuthern Provisoes, in ease .certain events should take place, of which, on the Bth, they expeaed due iutOrmation - in a very short time, Admiral Punvis contrived to keep ul>+a constant intercourse with tl:e shore, and had received abnndant supplies of ve. getablts, in boats, which were suffered to come out. It is also said that a Spanish Officer of high rank had, twice been on board the Ocean, for the purpose of securing the aid of a British force, if matters iic.g4id be ripe for a general revolt; On our part it is understood roar, its a proof of the tinterity of the Spaniards, and of their determine. tion to resist their Oppressors, they were required to surrender tho Spanish .Fleet to this Country, in trust for their vow King, till a Peace Abould take places and the Ft upch Ships, as the Prizes of Great Britain.' It is said that the French haye greatly exaggerated iA the 4 reports of the maspidre at Madrid, In order to spread terror and dismay over the whole country. Our Iteaders may be assured we shall receive information the moment aq thintityrives, and ti►at , .h4ll immediately present it l to them. NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, MAY 27.--Arrived the Lord Halart Ricker, HAMILTON, from New-York and Halifax, with Mails; Reward, Thom nor, from Alicant ; Ch.zrlotte, WATT, from Gibraltar, 17 days passage— no news ; Friendship, -HAMMOND, Ednuind, POPE, Rine,tdove, WEYMOUTH, from Liverpool, to Wait convoy for the Mediterranean. Sailed on the 125th inst. the Francis. Freeli►rg Packet, BELL, with Mails of the 18th inst. for the Leeward Islands.- 'The Lord Hobart Packet left New-York on the 15t1 April, at which time the Princess Mary Pac , - ket, with Mails from England, was lying there ; arrived at Halifax on t:,O esth April, found there His Majesty's Ship licflono, of 74 guns, and Queen Charlotte Packet; sailed, from thence On the 29th; on the nth inst. in lat 41.56. long. 40:So. spoke the American Ship Jupiter, from Liverpool, bound to Boston, all well ; on the 13th inrit. in lat. 43. 14• long. 46. 21. spoke His . Majesty's Ships Medusa and Thalia on a cruize. The Packet has brought 33 passengers. the Embargo still continued. The lower class of people were quite discontented, and many - of them in extreme want. It was reported that Mr. JEITEi SON had resigned the Pre;ideney, and that he was succeeded by Mr. MADDISON. BRIXHAM QUAY, MAY :7.—Arrived in Torbay, yesterday evening, the Channel Fleet, under the command of Admiral SOUTHEY, consisting of his Majtsty's Ships Dreadnought, Spencer, Neptune, Afriia, St. Gorge, Valiant, and the richiaes, from their station off Brest. PLYNIOUIIi, MAY 28.—Arrived the Favourite Cutter, with Letters from the Chautiel Fleet cif Usliaut. This evening I,vaa docked the Indifatigolde Frigate and Haughty Brig. Sailed the . Myrtle Sloop of War on a cruize, and Cockatrice hired Armed Ship, with a large Fleet of Nitlrclunatnen under convoy, for the Downs. Aditiral HAavrt is appointed to the St. George, of 9$ guns, and is going second in command of the Channel Fleet. Sailed the ikon: Sloop of War on a cruize. Arrived the Unity, WARD, from St. Michael's, bound to London, laden with fruit. Arrived the French Chasse Maroc L'Adelo, laden with horse beans, from France, captured by the Dragon Man of War. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 29.—Arrived. yesterday the Harlequin Sloop , of War with aConvoy from the Downs ; among which are the Ann, Ba au xcr. , Dart, WA Lys ; and Merina, EVANS, for the Mediterranean; and Jamaica Sloop of War fromPlyMouth. Sailed the Resolute 'Gun-brig, Sucly Cutter, Ant end Flying Fish Schooners, and Weymouth Store ship with a Convoy for the Downs. sir ISAAC CortriN, Bart. resigned.bis c()minand at this Port on Tuesday, to IlearAdmird TvLeu, who has hoisted his Fag on board the Gladiator. The Captains. of the Ships of War at this Port, on Wed. nesday, gave Sir ISAAC a farewell dinner, at the Crown Inn, in proof cif their esteem of . so active and Zealoils itn Officer. tapt..osnottx is appointed to the tombay, vice ,Sir li. NEALE, appointed Captain of tlje Channel Elect. Lieutenant lawiN, of the &tee, is promoted to A don - inlander, and appointed to the Duchess of Bedford. Lieutenant S. 'LEst.tr., to be First Lieutenant of the Chitonne. DZAT:, MAY 30. —Sailed his Majesty's Ships Alert to the Northward, and Kunearoo, on a ct•uize. Also the Travers East ludiaman, for Portsmouth. Gunn dawn from tbe River the Hera, STEPHENS, for Quebec; Elio, WATSON, for the Brazils; .E 1 Spencer, and the Carmarthen Packet, Ross, for Inciia; and remain in the Downs, with the rest of the Ships as per last. SIIRRIMESS, DTAy 26.--Arrived the Mary Ten« der trom Leith, ..with impressed Men and volunteers for the Fleet; obit) the Lyra Tender. with ditto from Shields. The 117ing George, Queen Charlotte, and Prince of7Pales, Hudson Bay Ships, with a Brig, to 'be convoyed too leagues to the North-west by the iYed./.ilvin Sloop of War, Capt. O'Cormon. .. • MAY u7.--Anchored at the Nora the Calypso Sloop of War, Capt Bahnnv l _ she is to proceed to Yarmouth with men for the Edar, 74. Sailed the Calypso and the . Md Elwin with con voy,.• The Alert was this day manned. Half Past Five.—Passed by for the Downs an out wardrbound East Indiaman. SH RIR NESS, MAY 28....-43114 the dggrersor Gun. brig, Lieut. WATSON, with convoy, for Heligoland... MAT 2g,—This being the Anniversary of the Restoration ofKing CH A aLES, the same was observed' by the standard being hoisted at the Garrison, and at the maintop-gallant -mast-head of Admiral Wt t.t.s's Flag-ship the Namur; at noon the. Garrison saluted, and at one o'clock 15 gnus were tired from each Mau of War at the Nore. The Lieutenant and crew of the Widgeon Schooner, lost in the Orkneys, have arrived here. Arrived the Transit, and sailed to Standgate. LIVPIRPOqL, MAY ^B.-.-Pour Ships from PIIII:1:CA are off here this evening, supposed to be the Blanch ard, CONNELL, Alexander, WARD, Crescent, LY ' otis, and the Mary, ROACH. The Ships Thetis, CHRISTIE, and venerable, LDvErs, are arrived here from Barbadoes, and bring the following intelli 'gence, dated Barbadoes, 17th of April : ' His - Majesty's Ship Dispatch arrived here on the 14th inst. with the Fleet under her convoy (59 Sail) from Cork, none missing or injured. His Majesty's Ship Cherub parted from the Dispatch on the 6th inst. with seven Sail for Surinam, Demerara, and Berbice ; the rest of the Fleet for the Island and Jamaica have sailed from hence for their destined ports, under convoy. The Chalmers, of London, from Africans reported to be lost on the Wand of Margaritta. The Maxwell, EDWARDS, sailed from Detherara for Liverpool 19 days ago, to call here, and is not ar rived. The Trade for Great Britain, &c. are to sail from hence on the iluth inst. for Tortola, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Defence, which, to gether w ith. Hi s Majesty's ShipS Cerberus and Mel ville, ekort them to England." YARMOUTH, MAY 29.—Sailed yesterday, P.M. his Majesty's Ships Brunswick, Edga , , and Trom peusc, to the Northward. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, *Princesses Au- GUSTA, MARY, SOPHIA, and AMEL/A, accompanied by Lady A. CUMBERLAND, Generals Frrznoy and GAwru, and Colonel DEsaßow, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard a Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. DODSWORTII, frQtn the '2 2 d Chapter of. St. Mattho.v, and 2 1st verse, and afterwards returned to the Palace. The Duke of Yonm was engaged with the KING the whole of Thursday morning. His Royal High ness dined with the QuErn and PRINCGSSES, and in the. evening rettuned to London. On Friday his Royal Highness held a public day at his Office in the Horse Guards, and gave audi enmi to the Earl of StlvroLK, Sir DAVID and about fifty Military Officers. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens had a greater number of persons of rank and distinaion yesterday, than we for a long time remember to'have witnessed. The splendid equipages in the Park exceeded belief. Many of the fashionable inmates, from the fineness of the day, were induced to quit their carriages, to perambulate about the Park, or along the Banks of the Serpentine River. Kens►ngton Gardens were crowded to an overflow. The Spanish troops in Denmaik are reported to participate warmly in the sentiment of their country towards ,Frauce, and to have been engaged in nu ' merous affrays with the Franch troops in .Holstein and notlia. The regiment of Catatonia, which is at Nyborg, is stated to have manifested such inve terate hostility as to have made it netegsary to with drat'!" from the town the French troops who were stationed there. The desortion, too, has been so grelit, that the Marquis RomAtszo bag found it ne cessary to declare in hir ptibli,.; orders. that c..5,...rf ion ill future be punished with death, without con sideration to the previous merit or chatader of the offender. Marshals BRUNE and KEY Are ordered to Spain, and Marali,ll MASSENA to Italy. The Artillery to be employed in the siege ot Gibraltar is to be placed under the command ot General-114°5SM The greatest part of the contribution _imposed on the inhabitants.of I)antzic has been levied by mili tary execution. For the maintenance of the French troops, and of the hosphaly, in monthly rotation, eighty of the prini:ipai inhabitants were ordered to furnish loon hussian money, each. In March, not a fourth part were able to pay, and their effects were seized. The coothMed fall of French soiLliers, anii the inhabitants had been again invited to furni,h lint and bandages. General Mmuktin, who commands at Hanover, has received from liutmkrAairE the title of Count, and a pension for hie of 30,000 francs. Similar fa vours have been conferred on numerous other French Generals. Great exertions are maki►►g at Cherson, and in all tlw ittis , iiin ports of the Black Sea, to equip a Squa dron for the Adriatic. Thu Polish Legion which has entered Spain con• sista of eight battalions, each of 800 men, and two regiments of Hulans, each of 1000 horses, with a park of artillery. BUONAPAATII has ordered several Frigates to be -built at Leghorn. On Saturday the Committee met to inspect the piece of plate subscribed for, to be presented to his Grace the Duke of BRDFORD, as a token of grateful reweet from the principal Agriculturists of England. It is a large silver, salver, , with a spacious. embussed border decorat.r.d.with various archite&ural embleing, and figtires, in alt relief, of the four species of ani mals in the breed of which the Duke has so emi nently excelled, viz. a Hereford, and a Devon ox, and a Southdown and Leicester sheep. The centre of the'salver, immediately. under the Ducal arms of the family, is thus inscribed Presented to his Grace Jour; Duke of BRDPORD, by the Aciat.cui., WRISTS of ENGLAND."...-It is intended to be pre sented to his Grace by the Committee, on the first day of the Woburn Sheep-shearing. Mr. LUDLAM made his escape yesterday morning from his Keepers,_ from the house where h e h as been confined, in Osendon-street, since the Lop CHANCELLOR delivered his opinion of his being a • Confirmed Lunatic. By some means his Keepers were lulled into a belief of his apparent sanity, and , gave him some indulgence, when he contrived to de.: ceive them. They passed all yesterday in searching for him, but we understand his retreat has not yet been discovered. CORN-EXCHANGII, Ma. 30.—The fresh arrivals of Wheat are short, and sales are made at an ad vance of as. per quarter; Barley is dull of sale and somewhat lower; Malt, and the two sorts of Beans, likewise; Oats are dearer; Flour nearly ss. per sack higher. The Market is now to be open on Mondays and Thuildays only, during the harvest.. c (~' lifli-DdY s`4 t. PITT. The distinguished worth of this great man, which will never be forgotten by his Country - , induced many of his friends, consisting of the tnost exalted charac• tens in the Kingdom, to determine on meeting for the celebration of his Birth-day, on Saturday last. The meeting was to have taken place at the London Tavern, but the applications for tickets were so nu merous, that it was deems ll impossible to accorn modate so large a company as was expeEted ir. any room of that house, and therefore the Mer• chant Taylors' Company obligingly . permitted theit Hall to be the scene of this interesting cAe. oration, as they had liberally done on the for• mer occasion. It is needless for us to descant 00 the virtues and splendid talents of the groat man to w hose memory the day was thus honourably dedi cated. His unrivalled intelleaual and moral excel lence, the purity of hismind, and the importance of his services, are imprinted on the hearts of biscouti4 trytnen, and will live for ever in the records of his' tory. We shall therefore confine ourselves to a statement of what took place on acommetnoration which is so honourable to those by whom it Was in stituted and patronized, as welt as to the great Cita. racer who gave occasion to it. A prodigious concourse assembled before the door of the Halt, which was not opened' till four o'clock. l'he tables had been previously covered with a cold dinner from the London Tavern. The second coarse, however, was not cold, as the company, being then seated, might be conveniently supplied. The following, we believe, F is a list of a great pad of the company present, but it was too numerous to be accommodated altogether in the Great Hall. Dukes—Beaufort, Rutland, Montrose, and liticeleugh. Marquisses—Wellesley, Sligo, and Titelifield. Earls—%Vestmarland, Camden, natherst, Malniesbiett Cl inearty, Bridgewater Clonmci, Dysart, Glasgow, Abe , ' deen, Aboyne, Lond,tvi . rry, MaccleStield, anti Lonf4ale. Viscout!ts—Stopfbrd, Palmerston, Ilo.xl, and Sydney. Lords—Mulgrave, Grantham, Amherst, Al uncaster, Rey. dle,han!, Lecalc, Hawkesbuty, Sutton, Dyneror, Harewoodr HarrowbY, Paget, Binning, Lowther, Clive, G.'Thynne, Manners. Louvaine Newark, C. Somerset, FitZtlariSt Go L. Cower, Fred. eampbell, F. Spencer, Edward Sornersat and Brook., Right lionnurable-.Speneet Parma, George Cowen* George Rose, Richard Ryder, P. Vining. Charlet Long. T. Wallace ,W. Dundas, A. Wellesley, Dennis lirowne, Dundas. I . El. Frete, C. Yorke, Ss W, Scott, 1. Foster, Sir E. Nepean. Honourable—C*lMA Phiips„ Edward LaSClttlfis pure Hewett. F. Robinson, W. Mot, Capt. Paget, C. 10 0 Alex. Hope, C. lenkinson, Major Stanhope, Laptain Sun hope, C. "lownshend. H. Ryder, W. 1. Hope. cobtale k's• kenharn, Colonel Forster and H.Lleselles. Sirs—W. Gibbons, 1. Qrde, William F rater, WilliaNt bl ford, John Seb7ight, J. G. Cottittell„ Mark. M. 3,041;4 Stirling, R. Bickerton. W. Inaleby, Ceorge Dui , ket t, hcnlnghatn, Alex.. Mackenzie, G. Douglas, A. Iturnit t l 4 . Preston, F. Knitchbul_,l St.. itaN,. ft Peel, Charles P cica, N. V. Tempest. William Corns, K. Glynn, A. S. Hmrnmond, Robert Mom. H. ophsm, bloxaip, and lnhn Earner. Admirals—Buller and Harvey. Generals—Wetnyss, CoMpbell, Gastoyfte, Calton, 10 1 Stuart. AL:sirs-1V 'Wilberforce, H. Hall, Wm, Cordon, A. ifsfr derson, J Ferguson, Lowther, P. Patton, W. Fittrillee 11. Weltes.ev, Thornton, E. Montague, N. Leycesnot . Jettereys, C Manneis Sutton, E. Taylor, g, Desbro'fa T. Carter, F. Thornton, Colonel Struts t G. H. A. Campbell, H. loddrell, R. H. Davis, L. Pochint . loam Adams, S K. Lushington, G. liolrorit, j.c.,beleSlol.4 P. Stuart; I. E S. Worticy, T. S. Gooch, S WOO SOUP!, R. H Bradshaw, N. Sue y d, C. lenkinton, P • $ 10, "" 1, W. Iluskisson, W. Deedes, D. Boyle. G. ,P.Greenue C. I Brandon, Robert Ward. R. M. K. 1.4611), ol• Willoughby, I. 1-arquhrir, W. R. Cartwright. Capt. HoP,,to W Wharton. Neville, R. C. Rose bibs. C. teiiie, A. Rain, Sir !Win Nichol!, IV. S. St.inhokie, S. istetib. ,T. Reid, P. Henderson, I. Kay, I. Irvine. *v. Mans sy,E. Lascelles, 1 Shaw, Canning, I. Dixon, I. donor, Byrne, I .Taylor, W. Devaynes, I . f ord, J h leming, W. W. Pole. S.: Cock. G. H Sumner, S. smith. W. Dickinson. I. Maitland, I. H. Browne, William Dennison, I. Egerton. Wiiiiarn Chute, Graham, I'. C. Smith, f . 0101n:once ley, Thomas Smith,' W. Mellish, I, Cripps, W. Morton Pitt. I. limes, E. W. Bootle, H. Hankes, I. Dent, S. Ha mks, Coionet DtwkLtt, R. 11. Leigh, Robert IVigrant, and Williartl WigraM. As soon as the cloth was removed, the DAL! of BEAUFOiiTs who presided in the chair, B,tvc the fol lowing toasts in succession : " The t;.ole."—" The Queen."—" The Prince aril pun- WAles s and the rest of the Royal Family." Though all of these toasts were received with mum ecelamat:ons, yet the moment that of '' T ug KING" was given, there was a burst of loyal efts l iti " siasm which lasted for several minutes. The imtileg diate ptirpose of the day then induced the Noble Chairman to request that an Ode, which had previ s ously been disporsed among the company, shou ld recited by some Gentlemn present. The Od e wag written by Mr. TAYLOR, and Mr. {duty,(..ienlit° a man of well-known literary talents, otiercd his seto vices on the occasion. He delivered the lines with gre.it energy and animation ; and as the sentiments were congenial with the feeling* of the Company,Comny, they were received with the waricostar phuse. fullpwint ODE. AmongFaEii t r e t io ln y t a l i — B i a f n r d at s i s u an n i b ia led re 3 11 i: u p:It i s r la a v z is n h 's re c i rldt s 'd fi re . 7lrn Go, l i ;o av U er a s :s to tA il ' a s There crouch beneath a ruthless Tyrant's chain, There basely live, and meanly die. The Sons of ZS DOX here unite to pay The homage due to Virtue, on the day Which gave that Vinue to mankind t Zits tAt ri tt Wulf the time with Arta end Outdo For her he liv'd, for her, exhausted, sty'd The vidim of his patriot mind. Not Envy's self can say this noble trail*. ' Their grateful rites w th sordid end S praline Each heart its own reward supplitell; Each pays the tribute of a tend resat To him whose glorious sun, ales I is ast-- No—it il tomes its native skies. Oh let his gnat example _prompt us all C With ardour to attend our Country's "AU, And but in Death, like him, submit«. Now rise,. and give the toast to ism I TOSS daft So may hli awfu I gi hade complacent hear— " TH' IMHOATAL l'Slasiotty (is Ptire. l. Mr. FrnotRALD was soon after requested to t e : peat sninelinei which he had written to acentoP lin f s a print of Mr. pirr. , He added a few more linc 4 f the yr:cation, and the whole was honourabl e to "ii talents. He delivered them - with such itnPressdl,6 did effeet that he was desired to repeat them , add c so with unabated success. The Duke of BSIATFORT then gave" The Al-- r and Navy," which was of course received testimonies of applause. The next toast train t a i l Noble Cha`irman was " The King of Swzostr; B ir ic here. the. generous energy of the national .61), of burst forth Again in the warmest testimenies-ici regard for the charaeler and zeal for the sueeedo the heroic Monarch. The Swedish. Arnbo aw l with loi_ when the toast was explained to him , ;Iro i s e , r greeted the company with the most respetiftu %04 gratitude, and Mt. QUISING, with promp,too4